RUSSIA: Claims

Zinoviev, Chairman
of the Third Internationale, told the Moscow communists that Russia
need not be alarmed at Britain's bill of claims against Russia at the
Soviet-British Claims Conference which was scheduled to open in
London early in April. The bill amounts to 11,000,000,000 gold rubles
($5,654,000,000), including 6% interest since 1917.

Said Zinoviev : "Of course the future will show the nature of these
London negotiations, but I think we can now say we will not make any
serious concessions of any material character to our opponents. We
shall present our counter...